Two Father's and Two Son's Campout

The Father's and Son's campout was last weekend, and Scott's brother Jaron and his son Jaxen were able to come too. If you look closely at the sign in the picture below, you'll see the name of where they went. Yes, I'm happy too that nothing bad happened while they were there.When they first got there, they saw an eagle's nest, with baby eagles in it. If you look closely at the picture below, you'll see a baby eagle poking it's head out above the nest.Here are my two guys standing on a raft that was half on the shore, half in the water. Somebody apparently thought it was attached to the shore, umm...it wasn't, and they fell in. Don't worry, it wasn't any of our four guys.

Some of the pretty flowers Scott was able to take pictures of along the hike they went on.

What Jaxen found along the way to give to his Mom. So sweet.

Tyler brought his yo-yo on the campout and practiced a lot. He can do some pretty neat tricks with it. This one is called rocking the baby.

They found an elk track. (See the imprint next to Scott's foot?)Tyler made it to the top of the mountain!!Tyler, Uncle Jaron, and Jaxen hiking together.Does this really need any explanation? Other than WHY?

Um, yea, I was forced to show these pictures too. Of a store they found on the way home. Again, no other explanation is necessary. Or even possible. I love this picture of Tyler. It shows how much fun he had hiking and camping with his dad.

Where we were when that picture at the top was taken...

We were at Crater's of the Moon! Again! But this time I was overcoming a silly fear of mine-going there when I'm pregnant-and this time nothing bad happened. It was one of the best days we've spent as a family. I was able to go on all of the hikes with everyone else, and I wasn't even sore the next day. Which goes to show that all that exercise I've been doing this pregnancy is really paying off!
I wish this picture above was bigger, so you could really see the pretty yellow flowers that are growing amongst desolation all around. For those of you who don't know, Crater's of the Moon used to be an active volcano about 2000 years ago. Nature is still recovering, even now. This little flower is a lesson of growing and blooming wherever you are planted to me. Even on a lava rock. Here are Scott, Tyler, Krysta, and Emalyn standing in front of one of the cones (sorry can't remember which one.)

Here are Krysta and I hiking in Indian Cave.

Scott, Emalyn, and Tyler climbing out of Indian cave.

How the kids felt after that hike-exhausted. Eating a candy bar was very reviving though! Isn't it always?

Kindergarten musical assembly and graduation

First, the Kindergarten musical assembly (back in May). Here's Emalyn walking in to the auditorium.

Next, here's a cute picture of Emalyn smiling inbetween songs.

Then, on June 3rd, Emalyn graduated from kindergarten! The following is a video of her walking in to the auditorium.

Emalyn in her graduation hat, smiling for the picture.

Next, is the tail end of Emalyn announcing that the next song they're going to sing is "Give a Little Whistle", and then her class singing the song.

Emalyn showing her diploma after graduation is all over! Yay Emalyn! We are so proud of you and how hard you worked in kindergarten. I can't believe she's growing up so fast.

Emalyn and her teacher, Mrs. Gale.

We love you Emalyn!

Our famous soccer players...

Here are some pictures of Tyler and Emalyn playing soccer this year. Their last games were Saturday, and they both had a great season. Tyler is in the picture above, he is the orange player closest to the ball.
Tyler as the goalie.

Tyler going in for a great kick.




Emalyn (in the red) going in for a kick.

Emalyn leading the pack to the ball.

How we cheerleaders often looked--COLD!

Really belated post...

Sorry, I went off the radar for a while. I'm feeling better now (20 weeks pregnant today!) so hopefully I'll be able to catch up and keep up. I've missed a lot of stuff.
First, I'll start with Jason & Christy's visit back in April. Tyler was in school, but the rest of us went to go feed the ducks and go on a walk. Emalyn, Krysta, and their cousin Lily.

Krysta, posing for the camera.

Rylan, Emalyn, Krysta, and Lily posing around this cool Chinese lantern sculpture.

This is not photoshopped in any way. They really are an amazing family! It was a fun visit. Our kids had so much fun with their cousins.